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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, brags that
it costs only S26 tohang murderer there. The
cheapness Of this method of reform is wonder
fully enticmg.
THE FARMER WHO couldn't hit the balloon
should como to Atlanta and join one of the
gun clubs.
IT Is REPORTED that Frank James, the ex-
bandit, is dying at Dallas, Texas. One queer
thing about reformation in general is that as
soon as a man gets thoroughly reformed, he
quits breathing.
AMONG THE THINGS held to be public neces-
sites in Texas, the newspaper Holds a high
place 1t was upon this ground that the court
discharged the managing editor OF the Calves
ton News when he was arrested for printing a
Sunday edition. Sensible people those Tex
ans
TIE NEGRO WHO wants to 60 to Liberia
might rs well venture 10 New England.
IL is SAID that when there is any danger
around, Foraker crawls through his mouth.
y MISSISSIPPI EDITOR denouuces contem-
poravy as - toad Who dissraces his own
warts"
SEVERAL NEW NoRKERs who believe that
tobacco can be grown in Florida AT big profit
are about to invest S100C0J in an experiment
in that state.
y BLONDE AND brunette fought duel with
knives in New Orleans the other night. II
was all ON account of young man. The
girls wore jerseys next to the skin Their
arms were bare. The brunette drove her
knife into the blondes arm and this ended
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
A Queer JudiciaI Order.

The other day, when United States Judge
Bond was presiding in Richmond, he took
some pains in the contempt case of Mr..
John Scott, the commemorative attorney
of Fauquier, to make his decision as insult
ing as possible. In fining Mr.. Scott and
committing him to the custody of the mar
shall, Judge Bond prefaced his order with
the following words:
'"1he respondent in this case seems, from his an
to the rule, 10 be hopeessty blinded by the
ancient dc cpine Of state sovereignty, that he does
not seem to know that on an illusrious day in her
history, Virginia gave her adhesion to the constitu,
ton of IT, United States
ITO punish a man under these circumstances as
the court ought to punish of the ideas pre-
yaent since the adoption of the constitution would
be manifestly unjust and would be as unjust as it
would be 10 punish lind man equally with one
who can see"
Now, Mr.. Scott as an officer of the state
was simply doing his duty. The legislature
had passed an act making it Illegal to ac-
cept the Virginia debt coupons in payment
of license taxes, and as the commonwealth
attorney Mr.. Scott had been compelled to
stand by the law in the cases arising out of
this unpleasant state of affairs.
1t remains to be seen whether Mr.. Scott
is any more blinded 10y the ancient doctrine
of state sovereignty than Judge Bond is by
his little brief authority. But, whether
right or wrong, the imprisoned officer
knows how to discharge the duties of his
office without gratuitously insulting any
body, and in this respect Judge Bond would
do well to follow his example
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
Visionary Reforms.

A new Henry George has come to the
front in Chicago. Like his predecessor he
has a scheme for abolshing poverty, and
enabling poor men to enjoy all the good
things of this life. His idea is not a new
one. 1t is simply an enlargement of the CO.
operative plan.
The Chicago philosopher will fail, just as
Henry George win fail. The hardships and
inequalities that exist in society are not to
be abolished any more than sin, and death
and pain. In the earliest stages of human
existence. even in the first family, men
fought each other and they will continue
their warfare to the end. 4 Christian civil
lzation has merely changed our methods.
In every so-called peaceful community there
is competition, a rivalry, a struggle for
certain worldly advantages as bitter, and in
its way as destructive, as the violent con-
Aicts in which the earliest sayagcs Of our
race engaged every day of their lives.
In the midst Of all our self-glorihcation
over The progress Of the race and the advance
OF civilization it is well sometimes to strip
the situation Of its false colors and view it as
it is. OF course there will be reforms in the
future, just as there have been reforms IN the
past. but in the main they will be visionary,
dcccptive,up in the air. Sometimes self-in-
terest will lead US into new social compacts
and compromises Of 4 beneficial nature, but
the dreamer who expects to see poverty
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18

dealing with them when they begin to take
shape. More than once within the past
few years it has been in our power to make
such terms with the Colombian government
as would settle the question of transit across
the isthmus in our favor for all time to come,
but we have dallied and played with the
subject until the chances are now against
us.
Sooner or later there will be rude awak-
ening. France and perhaps another Euro
pean power will step in and attempt to con-
troll this matter of transit from ocean to
ocean. Then our government will raise
row about the Monroe doctrine. An
army will be raised, a navy viii be
built, and at vast outlay of blood
and treasure we will go to work and
settle what could have been settled before
without firing gun, and with the most in
significant outlay. American craftsmanship
is capable of dealing with this problem, but
how can it, when it is always engaged in
preparing for the next campaign? There
will be a very disastrous campaign, one of
these days, for the statesmen who continue
to neglect the important business down on
the isthmus
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toner would visit them and take their heads
off.
Fortunately for the sufferers a hint of the
sultan's intentions reached the outside
world, and intimations have reached him
from various European capitals to the effect
that such barbarous methods will no longer
be tolerated. 1t is good thing for the sui
tan's wives, but the sultan feels terribly cut
up. If his finances were not running low
he would ship his present membranes,
and purchase a brand new supply AS it IS,
he must make the best of it, and the proba-
biltty is that for the next few months the
physicians of Europe will be deluged with
inquiries from Constantinople about the
Banting system. Where man has several
thousand extra pounds of conjugal felicity
he is in a bad fix. 1t is to be hoped, for the
benefit of all concerned that the sultan's
fair COMPANIONS viii hit upon some way OF
growing thinner before their royal master
loses his temper
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The sultan and His wives.

In the good cid times, when people mind
ed their own business, the sultan of Turkey
never had much trouble with his wives. He
kept few hundred on hand and when he
desired 10 get rid OF them he had
them quietly dropped into the Bosphorus or
smothcrcd, and nothing was said about it.
But now the situation is altogether differ
cnt. The sultan is ostensihly the boss ON
his own premises, but the miserable man re-
Allies that his prctenSe of rulership is mere
SHAM just at present he is in hot water.
Ills numerous wives for sometime past have
been rapidly increasing in size and weight.
AT FIRST The sultan was delighted. Then The
phenomenal pumpntss OF the ladies anus ed
him. But TO his Consideration the ro,uul
beauties of his household continued TO grow
rouudor and larger, and il occurred 10 him
that IL was time 10 call halt. lie issued
an edict commanding the offenders to reduce
their size, but it had no effect. His next
step was TO notify them that in the event Of
further diSobedienee the lord high execu-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18

The authorities IN Chicago have been slow
to learn the remedy for anarchy and culpa-
bly, negligent in applying it.
At last, however, the men who are respon-
sible for the peace and good order of the
city have needed the danger signals, and
they now promise to act promptly and Wig
orously.
The action Of the mayor in ordering the
police to suppress George Francis Train is a
step in the right direction. Mr. Train is
not ordinarily a dangerous man. He is not
dangerous when he is in New York, because
the people there laugh at him. But in Chi
cago he is firebrand. He may be a crank,
bat his eloquence is liable at any time to
excite a mob of anarchists to a murderous
pitch of frenzy.
So, it is better for all concerned that Mr.
Train should be nipped in the bud, sat upon
and squelched. If he attempts to speak he
is to be locked up. This is the method
which we have all the time advocated. If
this treatment is good for Mr.. Train, why
viii it not do for all the anarchists? Why
should they be permitted to 1aunt their red
flags, hold their meetings and publicly plot
murder and arson?
Prevention is better than cure in such
cases. 1t is better and cheaper to jail few
anarchists before they go too far than it is to
wait until after another Haymarket massa-
ere. This is the common sense of it.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
The visit of President and Mrs. Cleveland

The reception and entertainment of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland, at Atlanta, during
the Piedmont exposition, will be a series of
events memorable forever to those who wit
ness them.
For the first time a democratic president
will set foot on Georgia soil. Additional
Interest is given to this, by the fact that it is
the man who led the democratic party from
twenty-five years Of defeat into glorious
victory, and who restored the south to the con-
fdcnce Of the nation and to their full rights
md partnership in the union.
President Cleveland does not pay us
formal pop-call lie comes in the old-fashioncd
democratic way. bringing his wife and friends
with him and staying with us three nights
and two days. lie gives Atlanta more time
than any city on lis entire route, because he is
anxious to meet our people, study our re-
sources, and know something from personal
observation of our folks and the wonderful
riches Of our Piedmont region. He especially
wants to meet the people face to face and will
be accessible the whole time of his visit. Every
visitor who wishes to do so can reasonably
count on shaking his hand and giving him
word Of welcome.
The scenes attending the presidents re-
cepton and entertainment will be superb and
splendid. The illumination of Konncsaw
mountain, with artillery on its heights, and
flight Of fye thousand rockets fromits crest by
electric match, viii be a sight never seen be-
fore. The sham battle, covering seventy acres
with four batteries Of artillery, ten companies
of cavalry and thousands Of foot soldiers, win
be an incompatible spectacle.
The torchlight procession OF ten thousand
soung democrats in line, with the whole city
illuminated, and the air full Of color and sound,
will be Inspiring The exposition itself win be
al enormous show, full Of interest and itstruc-
tion.
Now let us make the presidents visit here
the significant and overwhelming feature OF
his entire tour. Lot us show him the south
ut her best, and let him know that the people
love him and honor him. 1t is because he
wants to know the south better that he gives
Atlanta more time than any other city on
his route. When he stands up TO speak to us,
let him look into tho faces of more southemers
than any man, living or dead, has ever seen
assembled.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
ATLANTA, O.. OCTOBER is. III.
The INposition's First week.

The first week Of the exposition closed
last night in the face Of an unexampled
success
in the first place, the exposition itself is
pronounced with one voice the finest show
ever made in a southern state, and equal to
the best of the great cXpostions. When it
is considered that the work has been done
in one hundred and four days, The feat At
lania has accomplished stands simply with
out parallel or precedent.
As to the weather, il may be said tina,
"The elements aght for Caesar" The DAYS
have been simply faultless, and there is
every probability OF its duplicate next week.
The attendance has justified the prcdic-
tons of 'he most sanguiue directors, ana
surprised Chose WHO doubted. In spite Of
the tremendous leaks OF The drst day, the
cash receipts Of tho week have exceeded by
over $4,000 me highest estimate made ly
A"r'etor which was in turn $4,000 higher
Than iAe loves. estimate made.
In every department there has been sue
cess Ae,a feature in the programme has
been omitted. The speeches of the open
ing day, President Collier, Governor Cor
don, Mr.. Randall, were perfect. The music
was tine. The fireworks were simply be-
You'd criticism or description. In the BIZ
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18

Despite the gloomy predictions made from
time to time, work ON the Panama canal
continues to he pushed straight ahead,
There is little doubt OF the ultimate compile
ton of the enterprise, if no unforeseen OBJ
staclc turns up.
The financial part Of the business how
over, may give DeLesscps trouble in the
course of a year or SO. Even then It is not
likely that ,he work viii suspend. IS the
stockholders are all Fronchmen 10 is almost
certain that the French government will
take hold Of ,ha canal rather than le. The
project la,l through at such au advanced
stage.
ID is true that our congress has already
warned The French government that les con-
troll of the canal will not be permitted by
] the United States, but when French inter.
csts are az stake France win not stand back
on account Of American opposition, Our
government has been slow ia appreciate the
threatened difficulties of the situation On
the isthmus, and 1t VIII probably be slow in
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
FREE EXPOSITION" TICKETS.i

Do you want a free ticket for yourself, wife
and children to the exposition?
Here is how to get them Get q club of 81
subscribers to THE CONSTITUTION at 81 EACH
and we will give you full ticket, go cents,N
a child's ticket, (25 cents,) as a premium. {
Get club of ten subscribers at 81 each, and
we will give you two whole tickets esd and
two childs tickets go cents as premium.
You of course have to buy your admissions
tickets for one day when you buy your railroad
ticket. But if you stay two days You will need
tickets for the second day. These will cost
you so cents for yourself OF wife and 25 cents
each for your children. You can get one Of
each for nothing by bringing us five subscribers
and one of each for every club of five SUBJ
scribers.
If you are only going to stay One day. we
give you 70 cents cash premium for every club
of five subscribers OF $50 for 10, SO tor 20,
all at 81 each. We will only give these rates.
to subscribers who actually bring them here
and present them at our Office in town or on
the grounds.
We do this for two reasons. We want to SEQ,
you and know you We want you to come to-
the exposition, and we want to help you pay
your way
Now, get to worll-get the children to work
and you can easily get enough cash premiums
to pay for your tickets. Tell the children they
must help earn the money to pay their way.
Every five subscribers at 81 each, pays you rs
cents in cash or a whole and half ticket. If you
want sample copies to work with write on q.
postal card or letter "send me samples for exc
position club" and we will send them free. In
the meantime work with this copy. Renewals
of old subscribers will work just the same as,
new ones. But we positively cannot make this
offer good to anybody but actual visitors to the
exposition and the offer closes when the exc
position does.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
An Inneninns Plea.

A Boston druggist who was UP in the
municipal court, the other day, charged
with selling cigars on Sunday, made an
ingenious defense. He claimed that tobac-
co was medicine, and called the attention
of the court to the fact that it was put down
in the pharmacopia as a drug, remedial
agent.
Now, there was something in this defense,
but the court would not see it, and the drug
gist was convicted and fined. Of course to-
bacco is a medicine, and when it is intelli-
gently used it quiets the nerves. The decis-
ion of the court in this case was based upon
the assumption that the purchasers of the
cigars did not intend to use them intelli-
gently. The judge had no right to assume
this, but he consulted public opinion, and act
ed accordingly. He knew that the reformers
who shaped the Sunday laws expected him
to put down cigar selling, and it mattered
not to him what the pharmacopia said about
tobacco. Boston is the city where men
used to be arrested for smoking on the street.
The city has outgrown this nonsense, and
it will not be long before she will get rid
of the statute which allows a druggist to sell
tobacco plaster and forbids him to sell a
cigar on Sunday.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
OUR "CHRISTMAS Box OF
PRESENTS.

On January LIST we will distribute $1,000
among our subscribers. From September Isl TO
January LIST VIC put the name ofoyery subscriber
received in a box. ON the latter date we shake
mp the box thoroughly. A hole is cut in it,
One Of our weekly agents. in the presence Of
three others-draws out name That namo
gets $780, the box is then shaken again, and
another name drawn. That name gets 500,
md so on through the list,
Now you ought to subscribe for the paper
without expecting to get one Of the presents.
Pay for it, for itself, just as you have always
done From reading the paper you set your
moneys worth, and moro for your money
than any other paper gives you, BE satisfied
with THAT. Then if you get the $500, or the
$500 or even ono Of the 50 presents, take it
with our best wishes and our Christmas greet
jngs
OF course we do not pretend that every sub
scriber win get a present. Not one in every
hundred viii get one. But every subscriber
will have an equal chance. Tho box will
have the name Of every subscriber sent in be-
fore January LIST and no other Names Three
agents from different states win shake the box
and win draw out name while the others
hold it, Non win have just exactly the same
chance every other subscriber has, Some per-
sons win get every prize. 1t may just as well
No You as any enc else,
We do claim this. We furnish you the big
gest and best paper thatis printed We furnish
1t cheaper than any other paper. We give you
besides an equal chance with every other sub
scriher in 81 COON gold distributed ms presents
No other paper does this. So, il You like our
paper as well as any other take it, for besides
the paper you have an interest in our Christ
mas box, which no other paper gives you.
But if You do not like our paper as we'll as
some other paper, take that paper and drop
ours, for You may not get one Of our presents
and then You would be dissatisfied. Take the
paper solely for the papers sakeand il you get
present, you viii be just that much hap
pier.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-18
A New Social Standard.

A bright lady novelist makes one of her
characters sheer at pretty girl because she
looked like Greek goddess and was bril-
liantly gifted. "Plebean of course" said
the British matron, ''Great beauty and
remarkable intellects belong to the lower
orders.''
One is reminded Of this startling deliver
ance BY recent illustration representing
Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales and
Buffalo Bill. The queen looks like an ugly,
stupid old dowdy; the prince would pass
for middle-aged butcher, and Buffalo Bill,
plain American, comes up to the common
idea of a typical aristocrat.
1t is not only this picture that sustains
this view All the pictures of the blue
blooded nobility of Europe represent all that
is ugly, stupid and sensual. We may have
to come to it in this country, but it will be
generations yet. The struggle of our early
pioneers with the forces Of nature, and with
with adverse circumstances brought out all
that was best and strongest in them. and
their descendants have not outgrown the
influences which moulded their ancestors
into race of strong men and conely wo-
men.
But idlenese and luxury will leave their
stamp upon future Americans. We cannot
escape our share of soggy, muddled minds
and flabby bloat. Degeneracy comes with
long continued prosperity. When a thing
is inevitable we should prepare for it. 1t is
hard in such country as ours to place
beauty and intelligence socially below par,
but it will have to be done. If they are not
ruled out new men and women will all the
time be forcing themselves into society, and
they will make it very uncomfortable for
| those who are there because their great
grandfathers carved their way to fortune
and fame. We must make dullness and
| plainness among the essentials of our social
standard, and we cannot begin too early
If it does nothing else, it will make some
worthy people very happy. If we are going
to take the English for our models, we must
get rid of our crude ideas about personal
| beauty and the charm of superior intelli-
| gence.
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the fight. The young man is doing as well aa
could be expected. !
They HAVE SOME fine writer's on the North
Carolina newspapers. The Greensboro North
State saws that Jefferson Davis has heard the
'hiss of the adder of calumny and felt the
sting of the wasp of vituperation," but he
"wears at all times the richly jeweled crown
of the Kingly Gentleman
FRED GRANT DECLARES that he has Inherit
ed the ability of his father. Does he anticipate
another war?
The LAYING OF the corner stone of the Lee
monument at Richmond, on the 25th, will be.
celebrated in grand style. 4
AN ANARCHIST WHO committed suicide the
other day in New York left note signed "The
Hyena." A good name for an anarchist. =
THE CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL GAZETTE
thinks that Sam Randalls reception in Geor4
gia does not look much like putting him out OF
the democratic party.
JUDGE PAREoN, of the supreme court Of
Pennsylvania, said in late decision, that al
man who cannot or does not read the news4
papers is not properly qualified to serve as o,
juror. This is almost revolutionary.
MIR. JAMES GORDON BENNETT has returned
home. We are glad of this. The Herald has
recently shown violent signs of what Colonel
Skaggs calls "voluptuous erraticism."
EVEN THE WEATHER appears to be on dress
parade during the exposition.
IT IS THOUGHT that Editor Dana will finally
become reconciled to Mr.. Cleveland's re-elec4
| ton.
! THE NEW York EVENING Posi- will shortly
be issued as an eight-page paper. This will be-
great improvement.
WE ARE smart people. 1t took us only
| two generations to find out the danger that
| turks in the deadly car stove.
| THE GAS GENERATORS used on the fair1
grounds are almost as prompt and as powerful
as an all-night session.of congress.
The ASSOCIATED PRESS correspondent with
the president is gifted being. He carries his.
Illuminated rhetoric in a carpet-bag.
THE CONSUMPTION OF coffee in England ist
| on the decrease. A bad sign. 1t means more}
beer. The coffee drinking nations are TENS
! perate.
THE NEW TINT in ladies' dress goods called
Spanked baby is not pink as has been SUPP
posed. The Philadelphia News says it is
"yeller.'' j.